This discussion reminds of a comment R.M. Hare made in his 1957 essay “Nothing Matters”:
Think of one world into whose fabric values are objectively built; and think of another in which those values have been annihilated. And remember that in both worlds the people in them go on being concerned about the same things—there is no difference in the ‘subjective’ concern which people have for things, only in their ‘objective’ value. Now I ask, What is the difference between the states of affairs in these two worlds? Can any other answer be given except ‘None whatever’? How, therefore can we torment ourselves with doubts about which of them our own world resembles?
In another interesting parallel, in the same essay, Hare uses the term “play-acting” to refer to describe those who claim that nothing matters.
This discussion reminds of a comment R.M. Hare made in his 1957 essay “Nothing Matters”:
In another interesting parallel, in the same essay, Hare uses the term “play-acting” to refer to describe those who claim that nothing matters.